DECENT WORK NETWORK
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The Network for the Promotion of Decent Work is an initiative funded by Laudes Foundation, the result of a collective effort that began in 2018, which brings together civil society organizations dedicated to combating slave labor and promoting the rights of migrants. Together, based on coordinated work, their actions to prevent slave labor are enhanced and strengthened in São Paulo.
In addition to the executing organizations, the network has the support of public power organizations and several partner entities that work in the fight against slave labor.
WHAT IS ACCOMPLISHED?
Between 2020 and 2021, the Network for the Promotion of Decent Work carried out actions that contributed to the promotion of decent work and free care for rescued workers:
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Meeting with migrant workers and community leaders through visits to sewing workshops, conversation circles, lectures and assistance (social service, legal advice and migration regularization).
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Training of Social Assistance educators and professionals in the public sector of São Paulo.
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Emergency care service for victims.
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Incidence for the adoption of public policies.
WHAT IS SLAVE LABOR?
The crime, defined by Article 149 of the Penal Code, refers to serious labor violations, which affront human dignity. Any one of the four elements is sufficient to define slave labor exploitation:
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Forced labour: Submission to exploitation, with no possibility of leaving the place because of debts or threat
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Exhaustive journey: Exhausting workday that goes beyond overtime and puts the physical integrity of the worker at risk
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Debt bondage: Manufacture of illegal debts related to transportation, food, rent and work tools to “bind” the worker to the workplace.
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Degrading conditions: Irregular elements, which characterize the precariousness of the worker's situation, such as poor housing and food, ill-treatment, lack of basic sanitation and drinking water.
GET TO KNOW THE EXECUTIVE ORGANIZATIONS OF THE NETWORK TOGETHER WITH SEFRAS:
